Principal Associate Engineer, Reliability Lab

About the role

GlobalFoundries is a leading manufacturer of essential semiconductors. As a Principal Associate Engineer in the Reliability Lab, you will lead daily lab execution and make sure reliability test equipment is ready, available and compliant to support semiconductor qualification, monitoring, change requests and line-issue investigations. You own equipment uptime, preventive and corrective maintenance, critical tool recovery, vendor coordination and lab KPIs, and guide engineers, technicians and stakeholders toward continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Lead daily reliability lab operations so tests are safe, accurate, traceable and on time.
• Prioritise reliability test requests for qualification, monitoring, change requests, customer support and line-issue investigations.
• Own equipment uptime through preventive and corrective maintenance, calibration readiness, spare-parts planning and tool health monitoring.
• Lead troubleshooting, fault recovery, root cause analysis and CAPA for equipment issues, test setup problems, invalid data and recurring failures.
• Coordinate vendors for service support, repairs, parts replacement, escalations and post-service verification.
• Maintain QMS, audit, EHS, ESD, 6S, calibration, documentation and lab-control compliance.
• Track and report equipment and lab KPIs such as uptime, downtime, utilization, MTBF, MTTR, PM and calibration completion, and repeat faults.
• Drive continuous improvement of equipment availability, test cycle time, maintenance effectiveness, data integrity and lab productivity.
• Coach engineers, technicians and new hires on equipment operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, documentation and safe lab practices.
• Collaborate with Reliability Engineering, Quality, Equipment, Facilities, Manufacturing, Planning and vendors to resolve issues.

Required profile

• Diploma in Electrical, Electronics, Materials Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in semiconductor or reliability lab operations, test equipment, equipment maintenance or equipment engineering.
• Proven ability to lead equipment troubleshooting, PM/CM activities, fault recovery, restart verification and maintenance documentation.
• Experience coordinating vendors, service engineers, external repair providers, spare parts, service visits, quotations and escalations.
• Able to guide technicians, Associate Engineers and stakeholders with clear technical communication and documentation.
• Preferred: experience in an accredited labour-regulated manufacturing environment, hands-on exposure to wafer-, package- or product-level reliability equipment, familiarity with JEDEC, ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ESD and calibration, and experience managing vendor scorecards or service reviews.
• Certification in Lean Six Sigma, 8D, RCA, FMEA, equipment maintenance, calibration, ESD, safety or reliability engineering is an advantage.

Required skills

• Hands-on experience with reliability test equipment, environmental test systems, probers, testers, burn-in systems, chambers, ovens and automated lab tools.
• Working knowledge of reliability testing, qualification support, change requests, line-issue support, QMS, audit readiness, calibration, ESD, 6S and safety requirements.